Cites Made Simple: Using REFWORKS

Location: Hagerty Library, Room L13C
Time: 5:30 pm-6:30 PM
Date: November 15th

Ever feel like you are drowning in your resources? Have fantastic research but unsure of how to properly cite your sources? Want to learn how to manage the huge citation list for your research?

Come to our talk about REFWORKS on Tuesday, November 15 and Jay Bhatt (Engineering Information Services Librarian and DSH Product Development Advisor) will show you how.

This workshop will highlight importance of why citing your sources of information is crucial in academic success. Whether you are writing a research paper or completing an assignment for your class, it is extremely important that you provide credit to various sources of information (journal article, book chapter, a web site, images or any other types of resources) that you have used for your project. REFWORKS, a citation management tool, will be used to show how you can build effective bibliography of citations. It will help you manage citations and keep track of the sources you are using for your research and your own notes about the sources. Participants will learn how to build REFWORKS folder (by downloading references from online sources and manually entering references), cite references in Word documents, and finally compose your paper with citations using Write-N-Cite Plug-in. Using this plug-in, you can insert references, and format citations and bibliographies automatically while you write your papers in Word.

Access: REFWORKS

Tutorials: Citing your Sources

Location: Hagerty Library, Room L13C
Time: 5:30 pm-6:30 PM
Date: November 1st

For any questions and suggestions for the workshop, please contact Jay Bhatt at bhattjj@drexel.edu

See also: Drexel Smart House Resources  or   http://www.library.drexel.edu/resources/guides/engineeringguides/smart-house-resources/
 

What will be covered?

“A NOVA is a star that releases a tremendous burst of energy becoming extraordinarily bright, the honorees have showcased their significant contribution in sustainable energy via actual case studies. They set examples through their leadership, innovations and commitment making both environmental and economic impacts and thus are shining stars of the 2011 WGES. ”

- Professor Gallagher, WGES Executive Chair

Drexel Smart House is proud to announce that in a few short weeks our team will be receiving the NOVA award from the World Green Energy Symposium at their conference on Oct. 19-21. The award is presented annually to those who have gone above and beyond in the realm of sustainability.  Drexel Smart House is among two other recipients this year, including Greenworks, a city program with specific goals of lowering the city government energy consumption and raising alternative energy production, and the Climate Change & Sustainable Development Policy of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. To be honored for the educational programming as well as the strong student led and faculty supported research that has come out of our program is an exciting moment within Drexel Smart House history. It’s a reminder of the hard work that as paid off as well as motivation to strive for even better classes and research in the future.

Drexel Smart House would like to invite the members of the Drexel and Philadelphia communities to join us at the WGES conference this year. From October 19 to the 21st at with renowned keynote speakers, Executive round tables as well as the extremely popular Master Class lecture the Pennsylvania Convention Center will be a meeting place of innovation and education. Additionally, many industry professionals and researchers including Drexel Smart House have been invited to showcase new energy, wind, solar, fuels & transportation, and other related products.

For those interesting in attending please visit the WGES website to register for the event. http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=908982

The 2011 WGES Executive Council, Hosts, Partners and Sponsors are offering Students Entry to Thursday, October 20, 2011 of the 2011 World Green Energy Symposium EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT Student Reduced Rate of $25.00 *

To see the agenda of October 20th please visit: http://www.worldgreenenergysymposium.us/agenda.html

For student registration please visit: http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=992413

Read the full paper at:Library Smart House Collaboration for Information Literacy Development

Thursday, April 14, 2011—As Drexel University celebrated John A. Fry as its new President, Drexel Smart House was honored as the Inaugural Special Project. We are excited to be a part of the festivities honoring President Fry, who is championing our project to make it a reality.

Drexel Smart House participated in two events during this celebration.

The first event was a symposium on urban challenges and solutions. The past-president of Drexel Smart House, Cody A. Ray, participated on a panel alongside five distinguished scholars. He presented our work addressing urban challenges, such as stormwater runoff mitigation, sustainable food supply, and healthy indoor environments.

“Have you ever considered growing grass on your roof and your family’s food in your kitchen? What if your lights changed color like the sun? How would you feel if you showered inside using purified rainwater? These are just a few of the solutions that the Drexel Smart House team is proposing to address major urban sustainability challenges .”

He emphasized the importance of not just developing solutions in the laboratory, but proving their effectiveness and bringing them to market.

Discussing the group’s first spin-off company, which focused on daylight simulation lighting, Ray says, “we now have a psychology team studying its effects. We need to see that what we’re designing actually works”

The student-led Leaner Greener Roof project team has been selected as a 2011 EPA People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Award winner at the 7th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo held in April 2011. The team is led by Monika Mickute, a BS/MS student in the Architectural Engineering Program. The other four members come from architecture, mechanical engineering, and business–a truly multidisciplinary team. According to the students, the public really liked their concept of a lightweight green roof, and asked where to purchase the product for their own homes. A two-year $75,000 grant was awarded to Drexel Smart House for field-testing, further design, and to bring the product to market. 

Drexel Smart House participated in “Spotlight on Drexel University,” which showcased the diverse areas of research, creative work, and civic engagement across the university. Team members, such as Michael Magee, Jill Weingarten and Monika Mickute spent the afternoon talking with the community and answering questions about how they can improve their own homes. An event coordinator, Janet Fleetwood, relayed the audience comments on the “crucial importance of [Drexel’s]  achievements .”  It was a great opportunity to be surrounded by so many different engaging and passionate members from the Drexel community.

Since we were talking about Prefab and Bensonwood, I thought it would be good to share this link– its a partnership between MIT and Bensonwood and has some really great information on it. http://openprototype.com/

The CM TEAM consisting of Colin Anderson, Drew Smith and Renard Purnell are eager to get layout on the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing arrangement of the DSH in order to send out request for proposals. The CM TEAM is anxiously awaiting these results so we can get to work!

Team Members:

Bill Mahon, Petter Schmidt, Dylan Short, Jonathan Auman, Joshua Lessard

To all DSH classmates, the HVAC / Mechanical team is preparing to implement two main systems into DSH. We are researching and designing for a micro-duct system and electric radiant floor heating system. We are always open to new ideas if anyone has any, but this is the direction the team will be moving in for the midterm.

Mini-duct resource:  http://www.toolbase.org/Technology-Inventory/HVAC/mini-duct-air-distribution

Radiant Flooring resource: http://www.thermosoft.com/

I may be missing some things, so I cant necessarily say I speak for everyone, but if I recall– this is our goal for the week. Therefore, hopefully for next week's class, we should end up with a solid phasing plan, floor plan, and general facade ideal, likely with an idea of how to work with the prefab components as well.

-Kevin